2018 British Grand Prix

2018 British Grand Prix
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The Silverstone Arena layout, 2010–present
Race details
Date	July 8, 2018
Official Name	Formula 1 2018 Rolex British Grand Prix
Location	Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, Northants/Bucks, UK
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.901km (3.667mi)
Distance	52 laps, 306.747km (190.644 miles)
Pole Position
Driver	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Time	1:25.892
Fastest Lap
Driver	Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
Time	1:30.696 on lap 47
Podium
First	Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
Second	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Third	Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
Lap Leaders

The 2018 British Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 2018 Rolex British Grand Prix) was the tenth race of the 2018 Formula One season, the seventy-third time the British Grand Prix was held, and the fifty-fourth time it was held at the Silverstone Circuit. It was held between 6 July and 8 July 2018.

In qualifying, Lewis Hamilton took his fourth pole position of the season, also his sixth pole at the Silverstone Circuit. Sebastian Vettel qualified second, just 0.044 seconds behind Hamilton, while Kimi Räikkönen qualified third.

In the race, Hamilton made a poor start and fell behind Vettel and Valtteri Bottas, before Kimi Räikkönen collided with him at Turn 3 and left him at the back of the field. As Vettel controlled the race in first place, Hamilton fought his way back past the backmarkers and the midfield, and moved up into fifth place following Daniel Ricciardo's second pit stop. When the safety car came out after Marcus Ericsson spun off into the barrier at the Abbey corner at the end of lap 32, Vettel, Max Verstappen and Räikkönen all pitted while Bottas and Hamilton both stayed out, putting Bottas in the lead and Hamilton in third. One lap after the safety car came in at the end of lap 37, Romain Grosjean and Carlos Sainz, Jr. collided at Copse, and the safety car came back out for another four laps. With the race restarted at the end of lap 41, Bottas and Vettel fought for the lead, with Vettel finally passing Bottas on lap 47 with fresher tyres, and Hamilton passed Bottas a lap later. However, Hamilton's tyres were not fresh enough to let him fight for the lead, as Vettel took victory for the second time at the Silverstone Circuit, ending Hamilton's winning streak of four consecutive British Grand Prix wins, while Räikkönen finished third after passing Verstappen during the second restart and later passing Bottas.

Background

Weather conditions
Practice 1	Partly Cloudy
Practice 2	Partly Cloudy
Practice 3	Partly Cloudy
Qualifying	Partly Cloudy
Race	Partly Cloudy

Available Tyres
Softest	Soft
Mid	Medium
Hardest	Hard
Inters	Intermediate
Wets	Wet

A third DRS zone was added, going along the pit straight and the Abbey and Farm corners, marking the first time that DRS was used on corners, as drivers can go fast on low fuel at those corners, although it would lack aerodynamic grip, which would make it harder to handle corners at fast speeds. However, the drivers would be able to manually deactivate DRS if they feel they would not be able to take the corners while using it.

Entry list

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport	Mercedes	W09 EQ Power+	Mercedes	M09 EQ Power+	P
77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport	Mercedes	W09 EQ Power+	Mercedes	M09 EQ Power+	P
5	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	SF71H	Ferrari	062 EVO	P
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	SF71H	Ferrari	062 EVO	P
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Aston Martin Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB14	TAG Heuer	TAG Heuer	P
33	Max Verstappen	Aston Martin Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB14	TAG Heuer	TAG Heuer	P
11	Sergio Pérez	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India	VJM11	Mercedes	M09 EQ Power+	P
31	Esteban Ocon	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India	VJM11	Mercedes	M09 EQ Power+	P
18	Lance Stroll	Williams Martini Racing	Williams	FW41	Mercedes	M09 EQ Power+	P
35	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams Martini Racing	Williams	FW41	Mercedes	M09 EQ Power+	P
27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault Sport Formula One Team	Renault	R.S.18	Renault	R.E.18	P
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Renault Sport Formula One Team	Renault	R.S.18	Renault	R.E.18	P
28	Brendon Hartley	Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda	Toro Rosso	STR13	Honda	RA618H	P
10	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda	Toro Rosso	STR13	Honda	RA618H	P
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	Haas	VF-18	Ferrari	062 EVO	P
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	Haas	VF-18	Ferrari	062 EVO	P
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren F1 Team	McLaren	MCL33	Renault	R.E.18	P
2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren F1 Team	McLaren	MCL33	Renault	R.E.18	P
9	Marcus Ericsson	Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team	Sauber	C37	Ferrari	062 EVO	P
16	Charles Leclerc	Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team	Sauber	C37	Ferrari	062 EVO	P
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Practice Overview

Practice Results

No	Driver	Team	FP1		FP2		FP3
			Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos
2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Renault	1:30.416	17	1:30.121	17	1:30.004	18
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:28.144	4	1:28.408	5	1:28.018	6
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:27.998	3	1:27.552	1	1:27.851	4
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:28.218	5	1:28.045	4	1:26.815	2
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:29.352	7	No Time	20	1:28.554	9
9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:29.942	11	1:30.046	14	1:28.814	10
10	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso-Honda	1:30.004	12	1:29.831	13	1:30.050	19
11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	1:29.812	8	1:29.522	9	1:29.066	12
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Renault	1:30.322	15	1:29.306	6	1:29.070	13
16	Charles Leclerc	Sauber-Ferrari	1:30.027	13	1:29.557	10	1:28.146	7
18	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1:29.878	10	1:30.069	15	1:29.829	16
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:30.065	14	1:29.617	12	1:28.418	8
27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:30.701	18	1:29.354	7	1:29.094	14
28	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso-Honda	1:30.749	19	1:30.404	18	No Time	20
31	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1:29.815	9	1:29.467	8	1:28.917	11
33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:28.325	6	No Time	19	1:28.012	5
35	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams-Mercedes	1:31.017	20	1:30.103	16	1:29.984	17
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:27.487	1	1:27.739	2	1:26.722	1
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Renault	1:30.358	16	1:29.563	11	1:29.133	15
77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:27.854	2	1:27.909	3	1:27.364	3
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Qualifying

Qualifying Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team		Q1			Q2			Q3		Grid
					Pos	Time		Pos	Time		Pos	Time
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes		2	1:26.818		1	1:26.256		1	1:25.892	1
2	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari		1	1:26.585		2	1:26.372		2	1:25.936	2
3	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari		5	1:27.549		4	1:26.483		3	1:25.990	3
4	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes		3	1:27.025		3	1:26.413		4	1:26.217	4
5	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer		4	1:27.309		5	1:27.013		5	1:26.602	5
6	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer		7	1:27.979		6	1:27.369		6	1:27.099	6
7	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari		10	1:28.143		8	1:27.730		7	1:27.244	7
8	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari		9	1:28.086		7	1:27.522		8	1:27.455	8
9	16	Charles Leclerc	Sauber-Ferrari		6	1:27.962		9	1:27.790		9	1:27.879	9
10	31	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes		14	1:28.279		10	1:27.843		10	1:28.194	10
11	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault		8	1:28.017		11	1:27.901				11
12	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes		12	1:28.210		12	1:27.928				12
13	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Renault		11	1:28.187		13	1:28.139				13
14	10	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso-Honda		15	1:28.399		14	1:28.343				14
15	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari		13	1:28.249		15	1:28.391				15
16	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Renault		16	1:28.456							16
17	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Renault		17	1:29.096							17
18	35	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams-Mercedes		18	1:29.252							PL*
107% time: 1:32.645
19	18	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes		19	no time							PL†
20	28	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso-Honda		20	no time							PL‡
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• * Sirotkin had to start from the pit lane due to changes on his front wing and car floor.
• ^† Stroll failed to set a lap time within the 107% rule, but was given permission from the stewards to race. He later had to start from he pit lane due to changes on his front wing and car floor.
• ^‡ Hartley did not compete due to damaging his car in FP3, but was given permission from the stewards to race. He later had to start from the pit lane due to changes on his chassis and exceeding the use of internal combustion engines and MGU-Ks.

Race

Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	52	1h 27m 29.784s	2	25
2	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	52	+2.264s	1	18
3	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	52	+3.652s	3	15
4	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	52	+8.883s	4	12
5	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	52	+9.500s	6	10
6	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	52	+28.220s	11	8
7	31	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	52	+29.930s	10	6
8	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Renault	52	+31.115s	13	4
9	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	52	+33.188s	7	2
10	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	52	+34.708s	12	1
11	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Renault	52	+35.774s	17
12	18	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	52	+38.106s	PL
13	10	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso-Honda	52	+39.129s*	14
14	35	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams-Mercedes	52	+48.113s	PL
15	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	46	Oil pressure	5
Ret	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	37	Brakes/Accident	8
Ret	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Renault	37	Brakes/Accident	16
Ret	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	31	Spun off/Accident	15
Ret	16	Charles Leclerc	Sauber-Ferrari	18	Mechanical	9
Ret	28	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso-Honda	1	Electrics	PL
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• * Gasly was given a five-second time penalty for causing a collision.

Milestones

• Stoffel Vandoorne's 30th start (31st entry).
• Pierre Gasly's 15th entry and start.
• Lance Stroll's 30th entry and start.
• Charles Leclerc and Sergey Sirotkin's 10th entry and start.
• Lewis Hamilton's winning streak of four consecutive home/British Grand Prix wins ends with Sebastian Vettel's victory.
• Kimi Räikkönen levels with Fernando Alonso for fifth place in scoring the most podiums, scoring 97 podiums.
• Vettel levels with Alain Prost for third place in scoring the most victories, scoring 51 wins.

Notes

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